Underwriting & Reinsurance Assistant Manager

Reporting to General Manager, the Underwriting & Reinsurance Assistant Manager will oversee management, administration and the control of the company’s underwriting reinsurance operations to ensure profitable, quality and timely service.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee sound underwriting (management, assessment and managing of risks) for general business
• Ensure documentation is prepared correctly and released to customers within the standard of service for effective service delivery
• Ensure that effective business relationships with all our stakeholders are maintained to assist in meeting overall company objective
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and treaty requirements
• Signing of accountable documents to ensure that they are as per terms agreed and that they get the legal effect
• Ensure proper management of all security documents within the department for accounting purposes
• Ensure preparation of management report for the department to advice the status of the department at any time
• Ensure timely preparation of various statistics and information for re-insurers, re-insurance brokers and Insurance Regulatory Authority to show performance of the treaty as well as comply with the Regulator.
• Manage the facultative business (underwriting, claims and reconciliation)

Qualifications and Skills

• University degree in business or related discipline
• ACII qualification or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in underwriting operations
• Assertiveness and self-driven
• Analytical skills and problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Good administrative and supervisory skills

UAP is an equal opportunity employer and offers successful candidates an attractive remuneration package, professional working environment and excellent career prospects.

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements are requested to send a copy of their Curriculum Vitae, copies of academic and professional certificates covering letter and names and contacts of 3 referees by email to: recruitment@uap-group.com quoting the role in the header of the email.

Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda and French will be an added advantage to all positions.

Applications should be sent on or before 19th October 2012 to be addressed to the Group Human Resources Manager, UAP Holdings Limited.